Onsideration of energy and material flow as a base for the valuation of semi-solid casting processes

摘要

Production phase, utilization phase and recycling phase of a product. Realization and results: cumulated energy expenditure of aluminum castings manufactured by squeeze-casting, thixocasting und New Rheocasting; cumulated energy expenditure of the aluminum production; cumulated energy expenditure of the component manufacture; cumulated energy expenditure for utilization and disposal. Economy. Summary and outlook.